Good Afternoon from Far sawrey, what a special day this has been, we have spent the morning with a very special customer, Gillian Cowburn from the Westomorland Gazette has been in to write an article about this little shop, she is a lovely woman and we look forward to reading what she has written in the gazette sometime......She writes some good articles in the leisure section of the paper

Its fruity market day here today also, having a few problems sleeping at the moment so after 3hours of trying to nod off and failing miserably I just got up and went to the fruit market, what a difference a few hours makes, the place was a hive of activity, growers all bringing their produce in, very fresh and very lush! Bought three different kinds of mushrooms have as the offer of the week, feeling a rissotto coming on!

Also their is some good news on my case. I got a letter from a parlimentary researcher telling me about a campaign to highlight abuse in care and asking me to contribute to formulating questions that are to be asked in parliment amongst other things. I was absolutely thrilled to receive it, the issue that I whistleblew about in the first place seems to have got very lost under a pile of legal wranglings. Having the governement highlight this issue should go someway to addressing the things that need to be addressed. I burst into tears when the letter came, finally someone seems to be going to do something! Perhaps when they do I can start sleeping properly again!

We have put some Gingham curtains up over the door in the shop and they really looks like they belong! Will take a pic when I bring the camera back

Thats about all for now folks, its not a bad forcast for the weekend! Enjoy!